Nation: Carter Fires a Salvo

A veto is a prerogative that
a President is given under the Constitution. It is not an abnormal
authority. It is one that should be a routine part of the
interrelationship between the White House and Capitol Hill. And it is
not only a pleasure to have that authority to make my own leverage more
effective, but it is a duty that falls on me."

With that defiant challenge to his antagonists in Congress, Jimmy Carter
vetoed his first major bill last week only the fifth time he...